Track construction for railways.



PATENTED AUG. 14,1906;

' H. F. BEAL.

TRACK CONSTRUCTION FOR RAILWAYS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28, 1905. RENEWED MAY 10, 1906.

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H. F. BEAL. TRACK CONSTRUCTION FOR RAILWAYS APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 28.1905. RENEWED MAY l0 1906.

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UNITED STATES HARRY F. BEAL,

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACK CONSTRUCTION FOR RAILWAYS- specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in .track construction for railways, which is fully illustrated in the drawings which form a part hereof and is specifically set forth in the following specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a portion of railway-track embodying my invention. Fig. 1" is a vertical transverse section of a rail, showing one end of my a. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of. one uide of the track, showing a fragment of the rail and one end of a tie of a slightly modified construction. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through a rail, a portion of the tie being also shown in longitudinal section, also showing the modified construction. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of a rail and a transverse section of the tie. Figs. 5 and 6 are details.

The growing scarcity of suitable timber from which to make ties for railway use is such that sooner or later some other mate- 'rial must be resorted to for this purpose and, in fact, is now being resorted t'o-experimentally, however, as yet-by the leading railroads of the country, though with the pretty generally conceded opinion. that some sub stitute must eventually be found to take the place of wood. It is with the object of meeting this demand for such substitute that my cross-tie has been devised, which is vmade of metal, and preferably. pressed from sheetsteel.

In all metal constructions thus far devised the latter of suitable means of attaching the rails has been the serious structural problem, and it is in the novelty, simplicity, practical efficiency, and convenience of this feature of my device that my invention chiefly lies.

The construction of my device is substan tially follows:

My tie l is of box-shaped construction, having an open bottom and downwardly-diverging side and end walls. If found desirable, holes ll may be )rovided through the top wall of the tie for t is purp se of permittirn a more effectual tamping of-the ballast or ill- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 28,1905. Renewed May 10, 1906. Serial No.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

ing beneath the tie. Near each end of the rail 2 is located is formed a bolt-slot 3 and approximate thereto a clip-slot 4, which slot is elongated. transversely of the tie. Each bolthole 3 is for the reception of a bolt 6, which is slipped into the'slot from the side of the tie through the opening 3, provided for that purpose. Through each bolt 6 is formed a key-slot 6 for the reception of a tapered key. When saidbolts 6 are in position, the rails in perspective in Fig. 6) is placed upon each side of the rail, with one of said bolts entering the hole 8 of the clip. The inner endof the clip bears upon the flange 5 of the rail, and the lug'9 upon the other end of the clip enters and occupies the slot 4 in the tie for the purpose of assisting to relieve bolt 6 of .the shear caused by the tendency of the rails tofspread and also to prevent any longitudinal movement of the clip in either direction. After the clip 7 has been placed u pen the bolt .6 it effectually prevents said bolt from mov ing away from the rail or backward in the slot in the way in which it was inserted. A

, tapered key 11 is then placed in the key-slot 6 and firmly driven in, the wedge-shape of said key causing it to impinge upon the clip and in turn causing said clip to bear firmly upon the flange of the rail for the obvious purpose of clamping it firmly to the tie. found necessary so to do, key 11 may be clenched, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to insure its safe and proper retention.

means to prevent the rails from creeping, a notch may be cut in the side of the.rail, as shown at n, Fig. 1. The end of slot 3 may be so located that each. of bolts 6 will occupy a notch, and thus prevent in great measure the creeping of the rail.

The construction shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 is a somewhatunodified construction, as I havenot here shown a slot for the reception of the bolt 6, there being merely a hole through the top wall of the tie for this purpose, and while this is not so good a construction as that shown in. Figs..] and 1 it is as practical;efficient, and convenincnt'in every particularas that of the insertioi'r and removal of bolts after the tie is in position. in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 l have shown a tongue t, struck up from the top wall of the tie, which. tongue occupies a notch in the side of the rail-flange. It will .be' readily understood are placed upon the tie, and a clip 7 (shown tie and upon each side of the line where the If it should be found necessary to provide ICC that said tongue oouid as Well occupy a notch in the flange of the fish-piste (not shown) as a. notch in the flange oi the rail, also that the iocstion of the boit-hoies 3 and slots 2 and the construction of bolts 6 and clip '7 may be so modified as to admit of a ready application of the clip at e rind-jointv Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and to secure by Let-- ters Potent, is-

1. In an improved track construction for railways, a, metallic oioss-tie, having" top, side and end walls, said side and end wsils diverg ing downwardly, there being bo1t-siots and clip-slots in said top wall, iocated s proximete to and on each side of the rail, t 1e mi'is testing upon said cross-tie, a bolt occupying each of said boitsiots, there being a key-slot in each of said bolts, in coinbiitietion with a clip iocztted upon each side of said rail, with .one of its ends bearing upon the flange thereof, thereoeing a hole in said clip for the yeoeption of one of said bolts, and through which said bolt passes, it lug upon the other end of said clip, entering said ciip-siot, end the hey assess l passing through said key slot and bearing upon said clip.

1 2.' in an improved track construction for i'aiiwziys, e metallic cross-tie of box-shaped i construction, having an open bottom and the s (iOWHWELICHY-diVGI'gHlg side and end walls, the E mils resting upon seidtie, there being boltholes through the top wall of said tie, approxh i mate, to and upon eech side of said mils, there being also ciip-siots 'a proximate to said holes, the bolts in said hopes, there being i it hey-slot in each of'seid bolts, clamps, each having a hoie therein for the reception 0t one of said bolts and e lug upon one end thereof, entering said first-mentioned slot, the other 1 end of each of said clam s bearing upon the I flange of the rail, and a my passing through 1 each of said bolts and impinging upon its respective clamp. i In tostiinoii viieteof i affix my signature I in presence of two Witnesses.

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